fishinwrench Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 I wanna know for sure which mayfly this guy is. Please & Thanks.
BilletHead Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, fishinwrench said: I wanna know for sure which mayfly this guy is. Please & Thanks. Not an expert but scale for size would help. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
jdmidwest Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 Golden Stonefly would probably be the fly to use. Seen them on the 11 PT. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
fishinwrench Posted January 21, 2022 Author Posted January 21, 2022 23 minutes ago, jdmidwest said: Golden Stonefly would probably be the fly to use. Seen them on the 11 PT. This mayfly dun was way smaller than any golden stone. About a size 14 It was on the Niangua last September. I captured 4 emerging nymphs during the hatch and had them in a film container with water, but when I got back home (3 days later) they had turned to mush. I tied these nymphs from memory. But I'd really like to know what mayfly species it is.....so I can learn something about them.
fishinwrench Posted January 21, 2022 Author Posted January 21, 2022 42 minutes ago, BilletHead said: Not an expert but scale for size would help. Sorry, about a #14. Smaller than a 12 but bigger than a 16. BilletHead 1
jdmidwest Posted January 21, 2022 Posted January 21, 2022 I am thinking Pale Morning Dun. Look that up and see if the nymph is close to what you seek. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
dpitt Posted January 21, 2022 Posted January 21, 2022 My son is getting PHD in entomology at CSU, stand by I'll ping him, might take a day or two to get back.. fishinwrench 1
fishinwrench Posted January 21, 2022 Author Posted January 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, dpitt said: My son is getting PHD in entomology at CSU, stand by I'll ping him, might take a day or two to get back.. That would be awesome! Thx
dpitt Posted January 21, 2022 Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, fishinwrench said: I wanna know for sure which mayfly this guy is. Please & Thanks. He got back with me quick... It's a burrowing mayfly in the family ephemeridae. He thinks it's in the genus family of Hexagenia, whatever that means, but. not for sure, if he had the bug. he could confirm. A Mayfly entomologist might be able to tell from the pic.
fishinwrench Posted January 21, 2022 Author Posted January 21, 2022 A Hex? Wow, I never would have assumed that. Thanks! Kinda makes sense now that I think about it, because the area where they were thickest was a slower deeper trough with a silty bottom just down from our campsite. dpitt 1
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